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finite element library for mathematic majored research

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\chapter*{About this manual}

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\section*{Intended audience}

This manual is written both for the beginning and the advanced user.
There is also some useful information for developers. More advanced topics
are treated at the end of the manual or in the appendix.

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\section*{Typographic conventions}
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  Code is written in monospace (typewriter) \texttt{like this}.
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  Commands that should be entered in a Unix shell
  are displayed as follows:
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# ./configure
# make
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  Commands are written in the dialect of the \texttt{bash} shell. For
  other shells, such as \texttt{tcsh}, appropriate translations may be
  needed.
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\section*{Enumeration and list indices}
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\index{indices}

Throughout this manual, elements $x_i$ of sets $\{x_i\}$ of size $n$
are enumerated from $i = 0$ to $i = n-1$. Derivatives in $\R^n$ are
enumerated similarly:
$\frac{\partial}{\partial x_0}, \frac{\partial}{\partial x_1},
 \ldots, \frac{\partial}{\partial x_{n-1}}$.

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\section*{Contact}
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Comments, corrections and contributions to this manual are most welcome
and should be sent to
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